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This list of cheap alternatives to cable and satellite TV is mainly tailored for people in Nigeria and all other countries being ripped off by satellite TV companies. This can easily be used globally. The post is credited to clarkscondensed. There are at least 14 alternative service packages to satellite tv as you will find out and all of them are 100% legal. As you will find out most of them are paid. More.. 6 mistakes in Davido “If” song you never noticed that made it more beautiful How to flirt with your lover through text messages – Read this to become a PRO! See photos of most expensive house in Nigeria, the owner and more details REVEALED! Top 5 most notorious criminals in Nigeria’s history – See How The Infamous Baddo Of Ikorodu Was Killed (With Pics) Alternatives to Satellite and Cable Television 1. Hulu Plus Hulu+ is for those who want to watch episodes of their favorite shows as early as the day after. Hulu+ expands what is available for free on Hulu. There are movies and television shows available including children’s programming. Current seasons of shows often only have partial seasons, and their movie selection is much more limited than that of Netflix. Hulu+ has created original shows like Netflix. The ability to watch recent episodes of television shows whenever and wherever is the main advantage of having Hulu+. Hulu+ does not have CBS shows like NCIS and Big Bang Theory. If you’re looking for a specific show, double check that they have it before investing, and if it doesn’t, check the network’s website. There are commercials and advertising. You can interact with the commercials so they focus more on your interests, so at the very least they are semi-interesting. And, if you are lucky, you can watch one long commercial at the beginning to have an interruption-free viewing. Pricing 7.99 a month (96 dollars a year) Month-to-month contract Free for basic Hulu 2. Netflix Netflix offers the most value for your money in my opinion. You shouldn’t get it expecting to be able to see every movie as soon as it comes out on DVD, or even to see every movie that’s ever been released. However, there is a wide variety of television shows and movies to choose from. It is great for younger kids who like to watch their favorite TV shows over and over. With Netflix, your children’s library is large enough that you could select enough different shows that the same movie won’t drive you crazy after the hundredth time. This is definitely cheaper than buying your own television series and DVDs yourself Pricing: $7.99 a month for one screen, $9.99 for two screens , and $11.99 for four screens simultaneously streaming movies and television shows. Two devices can stream simultaneously You can have DVDs sent to your home, one at a time, for 7.99 more a month. You can pay more for more discs. They avoid charging per movie or having more expensive tiers of shows available to those who are willing to pay more. Month-to-month contract 3. Amazon Prime Amazon has a growing selection of movies and television shows as well. It has less overall than Netflix, but it probably has more movies than Hulu+. It is cheaper per month, however, not all content is free — you may have to pay additional fees for certain shows or movies. They have children’s programming as well. Pricing and Product: $99.99 for one year (unless you have a .edu email address, then you can get it half-price) Must be paid up front. Amazon Prime shipping Access to Kindle Library with one free book a month 3. fuboTV If you are worried about missing sports – fuboTV is a great option! It has tons of sports channels, and it’s only $10 a month. Right now, most of the sports available are soccer (which is perfect for me – so thrilled to see they have MLS), but they are working to add even more soon. Your first 24 hours are free when you signup 4. Playstation Vue plans start at $29 (55+ channels), then you can get 70+ channels for $34.99, and then 100 channels for $44.99. You can use it with your regular streaming devices, it includes on-demand, DVR, etc. We are thinking about signing up for this soon! 5. VidAngel VidAngel is VERY cool, and it has completely replaced RedBox . It has just about every movie you can think of, and a select number of TV shows – available for just $1 to watch. You can filter out content that you don’t want to see, or you can opt to watch without filters. Basically, the first time you signup on VidAngel’s website, you pay $20. This goes toward buying the first movie you watch. Then, after you watch the movie, you can opt to sell the movie back and get $19 in credit back. From that point on, you only have to pay $1 per movie (unless you decide to keep one, then you’ll pay $20!). It is a kind of online movie borrowing service. 6. PureFlix This is something similar to Netflix, but it only has clean movies on it. You pay a monthly subscription ($7.99) and you get unlimited access to family-friendly movies and TV shows. You can get a free trial by signing up 7. Crackle.com Crackle is free, but it is like watching classic television, as in, there are a lot of commercials randomly during the television shows and movies. They have some original programming. Somehow, Crackle has Seinfeld, one of the funniest shows ever. Netflix doesn’t have Seinfeld available for streaming. Their selection is generally considerably older than the other streaming sites, but I did find a movie there recently that I had meant to watch a long time ago and never got around to watching. Pricing: Watching commercials throughout 8. WatchESPN Without cable or satellite, you might lose a lot of sports programming. It seems like all of the major leagues have some kind of payment option for access to all of their games online. However, if you use an affiliated Internet provider, then you can watch a lot of games online either live or as a replay. Fortunately, the NCAA tournament is free online. Pricing: MLB Extra Innings is $200, in four payments if you want. Which compared to what you might end up paying for cable and satellite might not be that bad if you are a baseball love. MLSLive, is $60 a season and $15 dollars a month, which might be handy for the playoffs. They are having a free preview of the service today, 5/11/2013, and tomorrow. Have an Internet provider that is affiliated with ESPN3 — Comcast. 9. SlingTV SlingTV is basically internet television. You can buy television packages of different numbers of channels. You stream the channels live. They have some On Demand type content as well. Pricing: The basic package of 25+ varied channels, including ESPN, is only $20 a month. 40+ channels costs $25 a month. All of their channels costs $40 a month. 10. CBS All Access If you watch a lot of shows on CBS, this is a great deal. They have a one month trial period. After that, you have two options: Limited Commercials for $5.99 a month Commercial Free for $9.99 You can access over 8,500 of your favorite shows On Demand, exclusive access to original shows, and much more. 11. PlayOn You can get Play Roku stick for 30 days for free. It acts as a browser for searching different broadcasting companies and as a media server for through which other devices can stream shows. Some game consoles and other devices have limited streaming apps you can download. PlayOn makes it so everything is in one place and you just need the main program on your computer and not your other devices. They advertise a PlayLater feature that works as DVR for online videos that might expire. Pricing: $25 a year $60 a lifetime 12. Roku When it comes to pure video streaming hardware, there probably isn’t much better than the Roku3. RokuHD is still fun. I read a lot of the reviews about the Roku3 and either they paid a lot of people to give them favorable reviews or people really do love it. They seem to rate it above AppleTV and way above Samsung Blu-ray players. We can watch Hulu+, Netflix, other paid services and free channels. I don’t think they have a WatchESPN channel on the Roku last time I checked, which is disappointing. I doubt it is their fault. You can watch your league subscriptions I believe. One channel, Plex, allows you to watch home videos and pictures on your television. I believe there are four main devices. The Roku Streaming Stick is the size of a USB drive that works with certain TVs and devices to provide the Roku experience. Then there are their four traditional boxes: Roku LT , Roku HD , Roku 2/XD , and Roku 3 . I’ll focus on the Roku 3 . It is for HDTVs only which means you will need to have sufficient Internet speed and the right TV to use it. It comes with some features that I think are really cool, mostly having to do with the remote. However, the reviews sound like the layout and navigation are a breeze. The remote connects to the small Roku box through Wifi, I believe, so that you can listen to the sound through a headphone jack in the remote, play games with the remote as your controller (it has motion control kind of like a Wii remote), and traditional pause-and-play functions that you can use without pointing at the box. Pricing: Streaming Stick – $49.99 LT – $49.99 HD – $59.99 2/XD – $69.99 3 – $99.99 13. Google Chromecast Google’s new video and music streaming device. It is the size of a USB flash drive, and it costs only $35. It runs the apps most people use: Netflix, Hulu Plus, Pandora, and Google’s Google Play movies and music. It is powered by the Chrome OS, and it supports HDMI streaming. Your phone, tablet, or computer can work as a remote. It is powered by most HDMI ports that it can be plugged into. There is an optional USB cable to power the device. You might already have this in your house, but if you’removing out on your own or have a vacation house and you want to be able to watch some tv without a huge investment this device would be great. #1 in electronics sales on Amazon. $35 – Get it here for 14. Amazon Fire Amazon came out with their own streaming stick as well as the Amazon Fire TV. We have the stick and it works well, though it doesn’t have quite as many features. Source: clarkscondensed CLICK HERE to join our BBM Channel for juicy updates & free giveaways. 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